This was expected given his background; having retired as the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education shortly before his appointment. Beyond that, he was a representative of the Ministry at the TETFund Board for four years. An accomplished technocrat and embodiment of knowledge in several walks of life, Arc. Echono is bringing to the job, a diverse wealth of experience in infrastructure development, public administration and procurement management.
“This is because the Nigerian curriculum system is theory driven and does not meet the requirements of the industry. As such, graduates who join the workforce usually require further training and retraining to fit into job roles”, the ES has said. Other landmark achievements include signing of a Memorandum of Association with the University of Sussex for the development of tertiary education in Nigeria and partnership with the European Union on Research, Development and Innovation at Brussels among several others. All these, he stated, are aimed at articulating new strategies to reinforce existing efforts of government at improving standard of education in Nigeria.
Adding: As the erstwhile Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Arc Echono demonstrated a commendable support for the efforts of FARA as the Capacity Development Cluster with accelerated vigour.”